2017 Mountain West Conference football season

The 2017 Mountain West Conference football season, part of that year's NCAA Division I FBS football season, was the 19th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since 2012, 12 teams have competed in MW football—the conference's 11 full members, plus football-only member Hawaiʻi. The regular season began on August 26 and ended on November 25. The Mountain West Championship Game was played on December 2,^[1] where Mountain Division champion Boise State defeated West Division champion Fresno State to win their first Mountain West championship since 2014.

2017 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 2017 – January 2018
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBSSN, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, CBS, AT&TSN
2018 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	QB Josh Allen, Wyoming
Picked by	Buffalo Bills, 7th overall
Regular season
Mountain Division champions	Boise State Broncos
Mountain Division runners-up	Wyoming Cowboys
West Division champions	Fresno State Bulldogs
West Division runners-up	San Diego State Aztecs
Championship Game
Champions	Boise State
Runners-up	Fresno State
Finals MVP	QB Brett Rypien, Boise State LB Leighton Vander Esch, Boise State

2017 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
No. 22 Boise State xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Colorado State		5	–	3					7	–	6
Wyoming		5	–	3					8	–	5
Utah State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Air Force		4	–	4					5	–	7
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Fresno State xy		7	–	1					10	–	4
San Diego State		6	–	2					10	–	3
UNLV		4	–	4					5	–	7
Nevada		3	–	5					3	–	9
Hawaii		1	–	7					3	–	9
San Jose State		1	–	7					2	–	11
Championship: Boise State 17, Fresno State 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

Mountain West Media

2017 Mountain West media days took place on July 25 & 26 at the Cosmopolitan.

Preseason Polls

^[2]

Place	Mountain Division	West Division
1	Boise State (21) 161	San Diego State (28) 168
2	Colorado State (6) 135	Hawai'i 135
3	Wyoming (1) 114	UNLV 105
4	Air Force 82	Nevada 79
5	New Mexico 68	San Jose State 54
6	Utah State 28	Fresno State 47

• First place votes in parentheses

Preseason All–Mountain West Team

^[3]

Offense

Position	Player	Class	Team
QB	Josh Allen**	JR.	Wyoming
WR	Michael Gallup*	SR.	Colorado State
WR	Devonte Boyd	SR.	UNLV
RB	Rashaad Penny*	SR.	San Diego State
RB	Tyrone Owens	JR.	New Mexico
OL	Jake Bennett**	SR.	Colorado State
OL	Austin Corbett**	SR.	Nevada
OL	Dejon Allen**	SR.	Hawai'i
OL	Aaron Jenkins	JR.	New Mexico
OL	Mason Hampton	SR.	Boise State
TE	David Wells**	SR.	San Diego State

Defense

Position	Player	Class	Team
DL	David Moa*	JR.	Boise State
DL	Malik Reed**	JR.	Nevada
DL	Garrett Hughes*	SR.	New Mexico
DL	Mike Hughes Jr.	SR.	UNLV
LB	Jahlani Tavai*	JR.	Hawai'i
LB	Logan Wilson	SO.	Wyoming
LB	Frank Ginda	JR.	San Jose State
DB	Andrew Wingard*	JR.	Wyoming
DB	Andre Chachere*	SR.	San Jose State
DB	Tyler Horton	JR.	Boise State
DB	Trayvon Henderson	SR.	Hawai'i

Specialists

Position	Player	Class	Team
P	Michael Carrizosa	SR.	San Jose State
PK	John Baron II*	JR.	San Diego State
RET	Rashaad Penny*	SR.	San Diego State

• Preseason Offensive Player of the Year:

Josh Allen, JR., QB, Wyoming

• Preseason Defensive Player of the Year:

Andrew Wingard, JR., DB, Wyoming

• Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year:

Rashaad Penny, SR., KR, San Diego State

(* – member of the 2016 All–Mountain West first team)

(** – member of the 2016 All–Mountain West second team)

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MW record
Air Force	Troy Calhoun	11	77–53	77–53	45–35
Boise State	Bryan Harsin	4	38–14	31–9	18–6
Colorado State	Mike Bobo	3	14–12	14–12	10–6
Fresno State	Jeff Tedford	1	82–57	0–0	0–0
Hawaiʻi	Nick Rolovich	2	7–7	7–7	4–4
Nevada	Jay Norvell	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
New Mexico	Bob Davie	6	62–61	27–36	15–25
San Diego State	Rocky Long	9	119–95	54–26	36–11
San José State	Brent Brennan	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
UNLV	Tony Sanchez	3	7–17	7–17	5–11
Utah State	Matt Wells	5	28–25	28–25	19–12
Wyoming	Craig Bohl	4	118–56	14–24	10–14

Rankings

See also: 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Listed are the Mountain West teams who were ranked or received votes at some point during the season. Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, Utah State and UNLV were never ranked or received any votes.

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Boise State Broncos	AP	RV	RV	RV							RV	RV	RV	25	RV	25	22
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	25	22
	CFP	Not released											25	23		25
Colorado State Rams	AP
	C							RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Fresno State Bulldogs	AP													RV	25	RV	RV
	C													RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released													25
San Diego State Aztecs	AP	RV	RV	RV	22	19	19	19	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	25	21	21	18	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Wyoming Cowboys	AP
	C	RV
	CFP	Not released

Schedule

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Mountain West member won
Mountain West member lost
Mountain West teams in bold

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 26	2:30 p.m.	Oregon State	Colorado State	Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	W 58–27	37,583
August 26	6:00 p.m.	Hawaii	UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA	ELVN SPEC	W 38–35	12,145
August 26	5:30 p.m.	No. 19 South Florida	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	CBSSN	L 22–42	13,377
September 1	8:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Colorado	Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	P12N	L 3–17	73,932
September 1	9:00 p.m.	Utah State	No. 9 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN	L 10–59	75,324
September 2	12:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	BTN	L 3–24	68,075
September 2	2:00 p.m.	VMI	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN3	W 63–0	37,286
September 2	3:30 p.m.	Nevada	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	BTN	L 20–31	33,018
September 2	3:45 p.m.	Troy	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPNU	W 24–13	31,581
September 2	7:30 p.m.	Cal Poly	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA		W 34–13	10,667
September 2	8:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM		W 38–14	21,475
September 2	8:30 p.m.	UC Davis	San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	Stadium	W 38–17	46,132
September 2	9:00 p.m.	Howard	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Paradise, NV	Stadium	L 40–43	15,667
September 2	10:00 p.m.	Incarnate Word	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA		W 66–0	39,447
September 3	12:00 a.m.	Western Carolina	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	SPEC PPV	W 41–18	25,472
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Idaho State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	Stadium on Facebook	W 51–13	19,638
September 9	1:30 p.m.	Abilene Christian	Colorado State	Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	MWN	W 31–10	27,038
September 9	12:30 p.m.	Fresno State	No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	L 10–41	101,127
September 9	1:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	LHN	L 0–56	88,117
September 9	2:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ATTSNRM	W 21–0	19,051
September 9	3:00 p.m.	Hawaii	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	P12N	L 23–56	50,444
September 9	4:00 p.m.	UNLV	Idaho	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID	ESPN3	W 44–16	10,156
September 9	4:00 p.m.	Toledo	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPN3	L 24–37	18,617
September 9	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)	Stadium	L 28–30	32,427
September 9	8:30 p.m.	Boise State	No. 22 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ESPN	L 44–47 3OT	32,631
September 9	9:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tucson, AZ	P12N	W 30–20	54,336
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 14	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	BSU 28–14	28,385
September 16	10:00 a.m.	Air Force	No. 7 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 13–29	111,387
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Utah State	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	L 10–46	27,971
September 16	5:00 p.m.	Idaho State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ATTSNRM/Stadium	L 28–30	16,394
September 16	5:00 p.m.	Oregon	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	L 13–49	29,139
September 16	5:00 p.m.	Colorado State	No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	L 23–41	101,821
September 16	7:30 p.m.	Fresno State	No. 6 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	L 16–48	68,384
September 16	8:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN2	L 16–54	45,881
September 16	8:30 p.m.	No. 19 Stanford	San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	W 20–17	43,040
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Virginia	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	L 23–42	33,947
September 23	10:00 a.m.	UNLV	No. 10 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	L 21–54	106,187
September 23	11:30 a.m.	New Mexico	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa	ESPN3	W 16–13	18,026
September 23	4:00 p.m.	Nevada	No. 18 Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	P12N	L 7–45	30,317
September 23	5:00 p.m.	No. 22 San Diego State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	SDSU 28–24	27,575
September 23	5:30 p.m.	Utah State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	Stadium	USU 61–10	12,426
September 23	8:15 p.m.	Hawaii	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Paniolo Trophy)	ESPN2	Wyo 28–21 OT	17,796
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 29	6:00 p.m.	BYU	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT (The Old Wagon Wheel)	CBSSN	W 40–24	24,112
September 30	2:00 p.m.	Texas State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	Stadium	W 45–10	21,784
September 30	5:00 p.m.	Air Force	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM		NM 56–38	21,864
September 30	8:00 p.m.	Nevada	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	AT&TSN	FSU 41–21	27,434
September 30	8:30 p.m.	San Jose State	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ESPNU	UNLV 41–13	15,009
September 30	8:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois	No. 19 San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	W 34–28	35,717
September 30	12:00 a.m.	Colorado State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	SPEC PPV	CSU 51–21	25,687
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 6	8:15 p.m.	Boise State	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN	W 24–7	59,753
October 7	1:30 p.m.	Air Force	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	L 45–48	38,792
October 7	2:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	ATTSNRM	CSU 27–14	18,004
October 7	5:30 p.m.	Fresno State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Valley Trophy)	ESPN3	FSU 27–10	18,483
October 7	8:45 p.m.	No. 19 San Diego State	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ESPN2	SDSU 41–10	19,770
October 7	8:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN	Nev 35–21	16,566
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 14	12:00 p.m.	UNLV	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	ATTSNRM	AFA 34–30	26,679
October 14	2:30 p.m.	Wyoming	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT (Bridger's Battle)	Stadium	Wyo 28–23	22,234
October 14	8:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	AT&TSN	FSU 38–0	28,090
October 14	8:15 p.m.	Nevada	Colorado State	Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	CSU 42–40	36,765
October 14	8:30 p.m.	Boise State	No. 19 San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	BSU 31–14	49,053
October 14	12:00 a.m.	San Jose State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	SPEC PPV	Haw 37–26	25,019
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 20	7:30 p.m.	Air Force	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN	AFA 45–42	16,789
October 20	8:15 p.m.	Colorado State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN2	CSU 27–24	17,358
October 21	4:00 p.m.	Utah State	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ATTSNRM/Stadium	USU 52–28	18,157
October 21	8:15 p.m.	Wyoming	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	BSU 24–14	35,565
October 21	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA (Battle for the Oil Can)	CBSSN	FSU 27–3	43,243
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Air Force	Colorado State	Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	CBSSN	AFA 45–28	33,074
October 28	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	BYUtv/ESPN3	L 20–41	46,451
October 28	5:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ESPNU	Wyo 42–3	18,249
October 28	8:00 p.m.	UNLV	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	AT&TSN	UNLV 26–16	27,922
October 28	8:00 p.m.	Boise State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	BSU 41–14	19,012
October 28	10:15 p.m.	San Diego State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	ESPN2	SDSU 28–7	23,018
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 4	1:30 p.m.	Army	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	L 0–21	41,875
November 4	3:30 p.m.	Utah State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ATTSNRM	USU 24–10	19,293
November 4	4:00 p.m.	Hawaii	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	Spectrum OC16	UNLV 31–23	16,278
November 4	5:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Border War)	CBSSN	Wyo 16–13	22,840
November 4	5:00 p.m.	Nevada	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (BSU-NEV Rivalry)	ESPNU	BSU 41–14	30,858
November 4	8:30 p.m.	San Diego State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (El Camino Real Rivalry)	ESPNU	SDSU 52–7	17,629
November 4	8:45 p.m.	BYU	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPN2	W 20–13	29,370
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 10	8:30 p.m.	BYU	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ESPN2	L 21–31	19,811
November 11	2:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPN3	Nev 59–14	14,604
November 11	5:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPNU	L 14–55	99,051
November 11	8:15 p.m.	Wyoming	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	ESPNU	Wyo 28–14	24,257
November 11	8:30 p.m.	Boise State	Colorado State	Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	BSU 59–52 OT	32,166
November 11	12:00 a.m.	Fresno State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Golden Screwdriver)	SPEC PPV	FSU 31–21	21,357
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 17	7:30 p.m.	UNLV	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN2	UNLV 38–35	14,744
November 18	8:15 p.m.	Air Force	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	BSU 44–19	33,030
November 18	12:00 p.m.	Fresno State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	AT&TSN/ROOT Sports	FSU 13–7	15,440
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Hawaii	Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	USU 38–0	17,650
November 18	1:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Colorado State	Colorado State Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	CSU 42–14	25,743
November 18	8:30 p.m.	Nevada	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	SDSU 42–23	29,265
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 24	1:30 p.m.	New Mexico	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	SDSU 35–10	28,978
November 25	1:30 p.m.	No. 25 Boise State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Milk Can)	CBSSN	FSU 28–17	31,526
November 25	1:00 p.m.	UNLV	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (Fremont Cannon)	AT&TSN	Nev 23–16	17,359
November 25	3:00 p.m.	Wyoming	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	ESPN3	SJSU 20–17	12,653
November 25	7:00 p.m.	BYU	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	L 20–30	24,910
November 25	8:15 p.m.	Utah State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Usaf Academy, CO	ESPN2	AFA 38–35	17,252
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Championship Game

Week Fourteen (Mountain West Championship game)

Further information: Mountain West Conference Championship Game

The 2017 Mountain West Championship Game was held on December 2 between the champions of the Mountain Division, Boise State and the West Division, Fresno State. Boise State beat Fresno State 17–10.

Records against FBS conferences

Conference	Record
The American	1–2
ACC	0–2
Big Ten	0–5
Big 12	0–1
C-USA	0–0
Independents	4–4
MAC	1–1
Pac-12	3–7
SEC	0–3
Sun Belt	3–1
Total	12–26

Power Five conferences and independents

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–2
Big Ten	0–5
Big 12	0–1
Pac-12	3–7
SEC	0–3
Notre Dame	0–0
Power 5 Total	3–18

Group of Five conferences

Group of 5 Conferences	Record
American	1–2
C-USA	0–0
MAC	1–1
Independents (excluding Notre Dame)	4–4
Sun Belt	3–1
Group of 5 Total	9–8

FCS Subdivision

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	9–2
Total FCS Record	9–2

Postseason

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–0
Big Ten	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Pac-12	1–0
Notre Dame	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 5 Total	1–0
Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	1–0
C–USA	0–1
Independents (excluding Notre Dame)	0–1
MAC	1–0
Sun Belt	0–1
Total Bowl Record	3–3

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
	Mountain West win
	Mountain West loss

See also: 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (EST)	Mountain West team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Las Vegas Bowl	December 16	Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV	ABC	3:30 p.m.	#25 Boise State Broncos (10–3)	Oregon Ducks (7–5)	38–28	36,432
New Mexico Bowl	December 16	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN	4:30 p.m.	Colorado State Rams (7–5)	Marshall Thundering Herd (7–5)	28–31	26,087
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	December 22	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	4:00 p.m.	Wyoming Cowboys (7–5)	Central Michigan Chippewas (8–4)	37–14	16,512
Armed Forces Bowl	December 23	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	ESPN	3:30 p.m.	San Diego State Aztecs (10–2)	Army Black Knights (8–3)	35–42	35,986
Hawaii Bowl	December 24	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	ESPN	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State Bulldogs (9–4)	Houston Cougars (7–4)	33–27	20,546
Arizona Bowl	December 29	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	CBSSN	5:30 p.m.	Utah State Aggies (6–6)	New Mexico State Aggies (6–6)	20–26	39,132

Boise State's ranking is from the CFP Poll.

Selection of teams: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State, & Wyoming (6)

Awards and honors

All Conference Teams

• Offensive Player of the Year: Rashaad Penny, Sr., RB, San Diego State
• Defensive Player of the Year: Leighton Vander Esch, Jr., LB, Boise State
• Special Teams Player of the Year: Rashaad Penny, Sr., KR/PR, San Diego State
• Freshman of the Year: Armani Rogers, QB, UNLV
• Coach of the Year: Jeff Tedford, Fresno State

Offense:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
First Team				Second Team
QB	Nick Stevens	Sr.	Colorado State	QB	Brett Rypien	Jr.	Boise State
WR	Cedrick Wilson Jr.	Sr.	Boise State	WR	KeeSean Johnson	Jr.	Fresno State
WR	Michael Gallup*	Sr.	Colorado State	WR	Wyatt Demps	Sr.	Nevada
RB	Rashaad Penny	Sr.	San Diego State	RB	Dalyn Dawkins	Sr.	Colorado State
RB	Lexington Thomas	Jr.	UNLV	RB	Diocemy Saint Juste	Sr.	Hawaii
TE	Jake Roh	Sr.	Boise State	TE	David Wells*	Sr.	San Diego State
OL	Mason Hampton	Sr.	Boise State	OL	Alex Norton	Sr.	Air Force
OL	Jake Bennett	Sr.	Colorado State	OL	Archie Lewis	Sr.	Boise State
OL	Zack Golditch	Sr.	Colorado State	OL	Aaron Mitchell	Sr.	Fresno State
OL	Dejon Allen	Sr.	Hawaii	OL	Keith Ismael	Fr.	San Diego State
OL	Austin Corbett	Sr.	Nevada	OL	Tyler Roemer	Fr.	San Diego State
PK	Dominik Eberle	So.	Utah State	PK	Jimmy Camacho	Sr.	Fresno State
PR/KR	Rashaad Penny**	Sr.	San Diego State	PR/KR	Avery Williams	Fr.	Boise State

(* – Two-Time First-Team Selection)
(** – Three-Time First-Team Selection)

Defense:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
First Team				Second Team
DL	Curtis Weaver	Fr.	Boise State	DL	Jabril Frazier	Jr.	Boise State
DL	Malik Reed	Jr.	Nevada	DL	David Moa	Jr.	Boise State
DL	Youhanna Ghaifan	So.	Wyoming	DL	Tobenna Okeke	Sr.	Fresno State
DL	Carl Granderson	Jr.	Wyoming	DL	Mike Hughes Jr.	Sr.	UNLV
LB	Leighton Vander Esch	Jr.	Boise State	LB	Jahlani Tavai	Jr.	Hawaii
LB	Jeffrey Allison	So.	Fresno State	LB	Ronley Lakalaka	Jr.	San Diego State
LB	Frank Ginda	Jr.	San Jose State	LB	Logan Wilson	So.	Wyoming
DB	Tyler Horton	Jr.	Boise State	DB	Kekoa Nawahine	So.	Boise State
DB	Kameron Kelly	Sr.	San Diego State	DB	Dameon Barber	Jr.	Nevada
DB	Jalen Davis	Sr.	Utah State	DB	Tariq Thompson	Fr.	San Diego State
DB	Andrew Wingard*	Jr.	Wyoming	DB	Rico Gafford	Sr.	Wyoming
P	Corey Bojorquez	Sr.	New Mexico	P	Michael Carrizosa	Sr.	San Jose State

(* – Two-Time Second-Team Selection)

Honorable Mentions:

• Air Force: Grant Ross, Sr., LB.
• Boise State: Ezra Cleveland, Fr., OL; Haden Hoggarth, Jr., PK; Alexander Mattison, So., RB; Tyson Maeva, So., LB; Durrant Miles, Jr., DL; John Molchon, So., OL; DeAndre Pierce, So., DB.
• Colorado State: Evan Colorito, Sr., LB; Dalton Fackrell, Sr., TE; Trae Moxley, Sr., OL; Ryan Stonehouse, Fr., P; Josh Watson, Jr., LB.
• Fresno State: Mike Bell, So., DB; Jaron Bryant, So., DB; Christian Cronk, Jr., OL; Malik Forrester, Sr., DL; George Helmuth, Jr., LB; Juju Hughes, So., DB; Marcus McMaryion, Jr., QB; Netane Muti, Fr., OL; David Patterson, Sr., OL; Micah St. Andrew, Jr., OL; Robert Stanley, Sr., DL.
• Hawai'i: Meffy Koloamatangi, Sr., DL; Viane Moala, So., DL.
• Nevada: Ty Gangi, Jr., QB; Sean Krepsz, Jr., OL; Austin Paulhus, Sr., LB; Asauni Rufus, Jr., DB.
• New Mexico: Blaise Fountain, Sr., OL; Garrett Hughes, Sr., DL; Aaron Jenkins, Jr., OL; Jake Rothschiller, Sr., DB.
• San Diego State: Parker Baldwin, Jr., DB; Mikah Holder, Sr., WR.
• San Jose State: Bryce Crawford, Jr., PK; Chris Gonzalez, Sr., OL.
• UNLV: Nathan Jacobson, Jr., OL; Kyle Saxelid, Sr., OL.
• Utah State: Roman Andrus, Jr., OL; Quin Ficklin, Jr., OL; Dallin Leavitt, Sr., DB; Dax Raymond, So., TE.
• Wyoming: Josh Allen, Sr., QB; Tyler Hall, So., RET.

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Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Air Force	Falcon Stadium	46,692	37,286	27,575	26,679	41,875†	24,257	17,252	—	174,924	29,154	62.4%
Boise State	Albertsons Stadium	36,387	31,581	28,385	33,947	35,565†	30,858	33,030	—	193,366	32,228	88.6%
Colorado State	Colorado State Stadium	41,200	37,583†	27,038	36,765	33,074	32,166	25,743	—	192,369	32,062	77.8%
Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium	41,031	39,447†	27,434	28,090	27,922	29,370	31,526	—	183,789	30,632	74.7%
Hawaiʻi	Aloha Stadium	50,000	25,472	25,687†	25,019	23,018	21,357	24,910	—	145,463	24,244	48.5%
Nevada	Mackay Stadium	30,000	18,617†	16,394	16,566	16,789	14,604	17,359	—	100,329	16,722	55.7%
New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium	39,224	21,475	32,427†	21,864	17,358	19,293	14,744	—	127,161	21,194	54.0%
San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium	54,000	46,132	43,040	35,717	49,053†	43,243	29,265	28,978	275,428	39,347	72.9%
San José State	CEFCU Stadium	30,456	13,377	10,667	12,426	18,483†	17,629	12,653	—	82,235	14,206	46.6%
Utah State	Maverik Stadium	25,513	19,638	24,112†	18,004	22,234	19,012	17,650	—	120,650	20,108	78.8%
UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium	35,500	15,667	15,009	19,770	18,157	16,278	19,811†	—	104,692	17,449	49.2%
Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium	29,181	19,051	29,139†	17,796	21,784	18,249	22,840	15,440	144,299	20,614	70.6%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High